The ANMF (Vic Branch) recently took part in a Monash University study into occupational health and safety in the workplace. Read more

The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed plans for a review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), announced by the Federal Minister for Health today. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed its concerns about allegations of academic misconduct raised in Monday night’s Four Corners program. Read more

In the lead-up to the 2015 Budget, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on the Abbott Government to restore over $50 billion ripped from the public health system. Read more

Australia’s peak health professional bodies have today joined together to call on the Government to immediately release all children and their families from immigration detention in Australia and Nauru. Read more

The Nursing Pathways Project provides a FREE online toolkit to map career and education pathways for nursing, now available on the ANMF online Education Programs page. Read more

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is holding an appeal to assist our local partners working with communities affected by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. Read more

Members of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) have re-elected Lee Thomas as the union’s Federal Secretary and Sally-Anne Jones as Federal President Read more

In our recent penalty rates survey more than 13,000 nurses and midwives and assistants in nursing told us how much penalty rates meant to them and said they would take action to defend them. Read more

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) welcomed today’s election commitment by NSW Labor to employ 840 additional nurses in emergency departments and paediatric wards, mandate nurse-to-patient ratios under new legislation and challenged the Liberal-Nationals Coalition to match or better the promise. Read more

The ANMF (Vic Branch) welcomes a media report of Andrews Government actions to improve mental health staff safety. Read more

Victorian nurses and midwives joined up to 50,000 workers (4 March) in rallying as part of a national day of action to signal to the federal Coalition Government: ‘We will fight to keep our working conditions.’ Read more

The leaders of the country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), will join nurses and midwives for today’s National Day of Action in capital cities and towns, in a show of force against the Abbott Government’s industrial relations agenda. Read more

The country’s biggest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Abbott Government’s backflip on its proposed GP tax after a tireless campaign by nurses and midwives who warned it would destroy Medicare. Read more

More than 13,000 of Australia’s nurses and midwives have had their say on the importance of penalty rates with an overwhelming 93% warning they are prepared to take action to protect their penalty rates – over 60% said this would include stop work or strike action. Read more

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the release today of a report, Negotiating Healthy Trade in Australia, which examines potential impacts of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on our health sector. Read more

The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is demanding to know why it is being shut out of the Abbott Government’s so-called “consultation” with health groups over its proposed GP tax. Read more

Australia’s universal health insurance scheme, Medicare, has ensured world-leading public health care is accessible for all, for over 30 years. The availability of bulk-billing has delivered a health system that is more cost-effective and equitable than in many comparable OECD countries. Read more

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The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is due to launch a new television advertising campaign, to air across metropolitan and regional NSW, ahead of next month’s state election. Read more